Diwali Greetings
Welcome to our Diwali Greetings website. Diwali is a very popular Hindu festival that is celebrated over a period of five days and is given immense importance both religiously and culturally. It’s mostly a family festival in which families get together and celebrate in their homes and give each other and their friends Diwali greetings. Diwali is also referred to as the “festival of lights” as on this day all the Hindus light “diyas” which are small clamps made of clay and have oil filled in them which basically is a symbol of celebration of good overcoming evil. The Hindus celebrate Diwali by wearing colorful new clothes and greeting all relatives and family members with sweets and snacks.
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Diwali Greetings
Diwali is a festival that is not only celebrated by the Hindus but is also celebrated by all the Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists. It is celebrated somewhere between the months of October and November. Diwali greetings are given with much joy and ambiance while also lighting up clay clamps that is meant to help people realize the inner light they all have. As a celebration on these five days of Diwali, the Hindus have flamboyant shows of fireworks that lit up the sky magnificently.
People often give Diwali greetings to each other with cards that emphasize this theme. They usually show fireworks or colorful scenes with the oil filled clay clamps lit up. Another famous fact about Diwali is that, in India most businesses begin their financial year on the first day of Diwali. The second day of this festival represents the vanquishing of the devil along with his wife. The third day of Diwali is to represent the worshiping of the goddess of wealth. The fourth day represents the day on which Bali traveled to Patala where he took over the kingdom. The fifth and last day of this festival is celebrated by a long held tradition in which sisters are supposed to invite their brothers to their houses.
If you have Hindu, Sikh, Jain or Buddhist friends you would want to know the basics of how they celebrate Diwali so you can join in with them on their festival and also send them Diwali greetings. Apart from getting dressed and greeting each other the Hindus also worship their Lord Ganesha on this day as he is considered to be the foremost of all Hindu Gods as well as the Goddess Lakshmi who is the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. This is the day on which their legend Rama defeated the evil demon who the Hindus call Ravanna so they basically welcome his coming home after defeating the evil by lighting up many diyas in their houses which are those clay clamps filled with oil as mentioned above. Apart from that people cook sweet dishes in their homes and buy lots of mithai which is a traditional Indian sweet. Everyone gets dressed up in new fancy clothes and meet all their family, relatives and friends and give the sweet ‘mithai’ to each other. This sweet is also served to all guests who come to their homes to give Diwali greetings.
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